Blog: GDPR
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Analytics Tools and GDPR Consent
The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) brought a new standard of user consent. It also brought a lot of browser pop-ups and, with it, some quite unclear rules about when consent is required. Most people understand that the cookies used for targeted advertising require consent. But what about analytics? Is...
GDPR: No Cookie Consent Walls
The EU's attempts to regulate online advertising by restricting the use of cookies have not been universally considered a success. Businesses have devised various methods to encourage, or force, their users to consent to cookies. Among the most controversial of these methods is the "cookie wall." There has been a lively debate...
GDPR: Scrolling is Not Consent
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been in force for over two years, and there's still some disagreement about how it should be interpreted. One of the more contentious parts of the GDPR is how it handles consent. Although the GDPR requires a "clear affirmative action" to indicate consent,...
Anonymization and Pseudonymization Policy
Anonymization and pseudonymization are two important ways of protecting personal information within your organization. These concepts have been central to EU data protection law for many years, but with strict privacy laws emerging in the U.S. and elsewhere, organizations all over the world should now be considering how best to integrate...
GDPR and Switzerland
Compliance with European Union (EU) privacy law presents a challenge for many businesses in non-EU countries. This includes companies from regions with relatively strong data protection regimes, such as Switzerland. Switzerland is bordered by four EU countries. It recognizes three of the EU's official languages as national languages. But Switzerland's relationship...
How the GDPR Affects Consent Under Canadian Privacy Laws
The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has indirectly led to tighter rules in Canada for getting "meaningful consent." Federal and provincial regulators issued more explicit guidelines on making sure individuals really do understand the permission they give. Despite the GDPR connection, these guidelines involve domestic laws that Canadian...